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Part III - Recommendations (cont.)

Recommendation 3 - Improve Residential and Social Life for Graduate Students

Earlier we noted some significant deficiencies that the committee believes must be addressed in both the residential and social life of graduate students. To tackle these, we propose the following:

  • Graduate housing. The College should build new apartment-style housing for approximately 100-150 graduate students. In refining these numbers, the Dean of Graduate Studies and others will obviously wish to consider how many family units may need to be created for students with spouses and/or children. Logical possible sites for this new housing include a location on the north end of campus in view of the number of graduate students in the sciences, as well as at or near the site of the current graduate student housing on Park Street. Given that the land underneath the River Cluster may eventually be used by the Tuck and/or Thayer Schools, it may be appropriate to consider siting additional graduate housing in this area as well.
  • Graduate student center. To foster more social interaction among graduate students and the rest of the College community, the committee also proposes that a new graduate student center be constructed at the site of this new housing or on the north end of campus. Determining the components and program of this center should be the purview of the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Student Council.
  • New transportation and pathways. New transportation options and "pathways" should be created to improve graduate students' access to the main campus. The committee proposes that regular shuttle service be created between the campus and Sachem Village, where a number of graduate students live. We also propose that the area separating the current graduate student housing on Park Street from the main campus, College Park, be made more accessible. This could be accomplished by constructing a new path or sidewalk through College Park that might have the additional benefit of opening up this attractive area to greater use.

Last updated: 3/19/04